Macro to rename all drawing views after the sheet name
This VBA macro allows to rename all drawing views from all sheets in the active SOLIDWORKS drawing document after the sheet name followed by index.
Detailing and section views will be excluded from the renaming process.
Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks Sub main() Set swApp = Application.SldWorks Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2 Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc If Not swModel Is Nothing Then If swModel.GetType() = swDocumentTypes_e.swDocDRAWING Then Dim swDraw As SldWorks.DrawingDoc Set swDraw = swModel Dim vSheets As Variant vSheets = swDraw.GetViews Dim i As Integer For i = 0 To UBound(vSheets) Dim vViews As Variant vViews = vSheets(i) Dim swSheetView As SldWorks.View Set swSheetView = vViews(0) Dim j As Integer Dim nextViewIndex As Integer nextViewIndex = 0 For j = 1 To UBound(vViews) Dim swView As SldWorks.View Set swView = vViews(j) Dim viewType As Integer viewType = swView.Type If viewType <> swDrawingViewTypes_e.swDrawingDetailView And viewType <> swDrawingViewTypes_e.swDrawingSectionView Then nextViewIndex = nextViewIndex + 1 Dim newViewName As String newViewName = swSheetView.Name & "(" & nextViewIndex & ")" If False = swView.SetName2(newViewName) Then Err.Raise vbError, "", "Failed to rename " & swView.Name & " to " & "" End If End If Next Next Else Err.Raise vbError, "", "Active document is not a drawing" End If Else Err.Raise vbError, "", "Please open the drawing" End If End Sub